Cowboy butter – for steak and extra!

Cowboy Butter is a straightforward flavoured butter that goes phenomenally nicely with steak. That is the instructed sauce for the Tomahawk Steak recipe I additionally shared immediately, however it can go along with any meat, seafood and even greens!

Cowboy butter

Cowboy Butter is basically garlic butter dressed up with additional flavours – smoky paprika, mustard, and a strong kick of chilli flakes. I’m not precisely certain the place the identify got here from, presumably as a result of somebody determined it conjured up photos of cowboys cooking meat over open campfires then dipping it in Cowboy Butter??

Regardless of the purpose, I’m on board! It goes exceptionally nicely with steak, although actually, leftovers have been used for every little thing from toast to hen, toss with steamed child potatoes and melting via scorching steamed white rice.

Elements in Cowboy Butter

Right here’s what it is advisable to make Cowboy Butter.

This recipe is loosely based mostly on this one from Chilli Pepper Insanity and numerous iterations discovered on Reddit and YouTube, although to be sincere, we dialled again the variety of substances significantly as a result of we didn’t suppose it made it any higher.

To be sincere, we most popular our easier model of Cowboy Butter with steak. Steak is already nice! The sauce needn’t have wild flavours.

(PS After I say “our”, I credit score JB for this one as a result of he’s the one who tried numerous variations to reach at this ultimate one. This was one other recipe spawned from my thoughts, changed into actuality by JB!)

make Cowboy Butter

It’s nearly so simple as simply mixing every little thing in a bowl! I do know most recipes will simply name for uncooked garlic to be combined in however I love to do a mini sauté in just a little butter as I feel it makes the garlic flavour a lot nicer.

Then let the melted butter cool a bit earlier than including into the bowl with every little thing else and provides it a superb combine till mixed.

use Cowboy Butter

Softened (my choice) – I particularly designed this recipe so it’s a softened butter to be dolloped on steak (just like the very spectacular Tomahawk Steak I additionally shared immediately!). I discover this melts extra evenly and coats the steak extra thickly than the alternate options of utilizing it melted or making it into compound butter in log-form

Dipping sauce – Nonetheless, I do know many individuals are a fan of melting it to make use of as a dipping sauce for bites of steak! Simply soften gently in a microwave or in just a little saucepan then serve it in a bowl to spoon over steak or dip items in.

To make a log type ie compound butter, simply roll the butter up in cling wrap to type a log and refrigerate till agency. Then minimize slices on an as-need foundation and place it on scorching steak to soften.

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Cowboy Butter – for steak, and a lot extra!

Writer: Nagi

Prep: 5 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner: 1 minute min

Important, Sauce, steak

Western

Servings2 – 3 individuals

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This goes phenomenally nicely with steak (strive it with Tomahawk!), although I have been utilizing it with every little thing from hen to toast, greens to scorching steamed rice.Most recipes simply combine uncooked garlic in, however actually, doing a mini sauté is so price it – the garlic flavour is way nicer.

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Directions

• Sauté garlic – In a small frying pan, soften 1 tbsp (15g) of butter over medium warmth till it begins foaming then add the garlic and cook dinner for 30 seconds whereas stirring till it turns into very, very gentle golden. Take away from the range and let it cool for 3 minutes (the garlic will go extra golden).

• Combine – Put the remainder of the butter and remaining substances in a small mixing bowl. Pour the garlic butter over. Combine till mixed.

• Serve with steak! It is also glorious with different cooked meats, seafood and even greens.

use Cowboy Butter:

• I like to make use of it softened because it melts thicker over scorching steak. You can too soften gently then dip bites of steak in, or roll it right into a log utilizing cling wrap, refrigerate then minimize slices off on an as-need foundation (you possibly can place the cash on the steak to let it soften).

Recipe Notes:

1. Garlic – In the event you use a garlic crusher, the garlic shall be moist and pasty so sauté on a decrease warmth and watch out to make sure it doesn’t burn.
Leftovers will hold for five days within the fridge (nonetheless superb to eat after this however I discover it begins to lose flavour freshness) or freezer for 3 months.

Key phrases: compound butter, cowboy butter, steak sauce

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